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SOC 19-2012

Physicists Visa Sponsoring Employers

Compare U.S. employers using LCA filing history from FY2022 through FY2026 Q3 YTD for Physicists.

5-period LCA filings

4,887

Employers

544

Median reported wage

$84,140

Filing history

FY2022–FY2026 Q3 YTD

FY2026 is partial through Q3

FY2022

998

FY2023

960

FY2024

1,044

FY2025

1,090

FY2026 Q3

795

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Employers to research

Compare relevant filing volume with historical consistency and recent activity.

#Employer5-period filingsActiveRecent streakFY2026 Q3Median wage
1Brookhaven National Laboratory3075/55150$122,970
2Triad National Security, LLC1725/5510$105,814
3UT-BATTELLE, LLC (OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY)1375/5518$119,445
4Fermi Research Alliance, LLC1214/540$73,800
5The Trustees of Princeton University1175/5513$85,000
6Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory1105/5514$103,956
7Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC1105/5514$169,200
8UChicago Argonne LLC1045/5510$82,451
9Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC1002/5224$84,906
10Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab984/5414$98,819
11University of Maryland College Park955/5520$78,592
12Massachusetts Institute of Technology835/5512$78,900
13The Leland Stanford, Jr University685/556$84,730
14University of California, Berkeley625/559$76,093
15Stanford University/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory572/520$103,000
16California Institute of Technology545/559$80,025
17Columbia University535/5512$74,263
18Harvard University505/5510$70,304
19MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY485/556$90,000
20Cornell University445/554$72,288
21University of Michigan445/558$68,732
22Washington University445/556$67,000
23The University of Texas at Austin425/553$60,618
24precess medical derivatives415/5510$98,800
25Jefferson Science Associates, LLC405/556$115,374
26Texas A&M University395/553$55,000
27The University of Chicago385/556$71,000
28University of Illinois375/555$60,000
29Purdue University355/554$60,549
30University of Rochester355/557$85,000
31UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO345/5510$82,836
32Battelle Memorial Institute315/553$108,276
33University of Colorado315/551$90,000
34Duke University304/545$79,897
35Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center305/553$208,500
36Mayo Clinic295/558$195,686
37RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF CUNY285/556$77,730
38University of Wisconsin System285/554$74,521
39Johns Hopkins University275/553$77,000
40The Simons Foundation Inc.273/536$95,435
41Simons Foundation274/540$96,063
42Iowa State University of Science and Technology265/551$56,853
43Northwestern University255/553$66,963
44The Florida State University255/554$78,780
45THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE255/556$64,272
46Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey245/551$74,156
47The Ohio State University245/552$61,274
48University of California, Los Angeles244/540$82,050
49Applied Materials, Inc235/557$160,905
50General Hospital Corporation234/540$72,197
51New York University235/551$68,058
52The Catholic University of America235/553$96,000
53University of Maryland, Baltimore County235/552$98,600
54W.M. RICE UNIVERSITY235/556$61,267
55Kent State University225/553$62,616
56Research Foundation for the State University of New York225/552$68,058
57University of California, Davis225/551$70,932
58California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory215/552$125,500
59KLA Corporation215/552$162,355
60TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA215/552$69,000
61University of California at Santa Barbara214/538$75,000
62Yale University215/552$70,040
63New Jersey Institute of Technology215/553$63,000
64Northeastern University205/552$73,684
65UPCI Cancer Services204/524$165,401
66Western Digital Technologies, Inc.204/522$126,783
67North Carolina State University195/554$70,000
68University of Chicago194/540$68,000
69Arizona State University195/558$65,000
70The Pennsylvania State University185/554$66,509
71TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY185/553$82,063
72Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University185/552$62,878
73Varian Medical Systems, Inc.185/556$208,075
74The University of Texas at Dallas175/553$56,494
75University of Oklahoma175/554$62,878
76UT Southwestern Medical Center174/533$66,918
77The College of William and Mary165/552$65,000
78University of Notre Dame du Lac165/556$69,590
79Institute for Advanced Study155/551$82,000
80UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE154/540$77,179
81University of Minnesota155/552$65,800
82Bay Area Environmental Research Institute145/552$95,275
83Mississippi State University145/551$60,552
84The University of Iowa145/552$61,254
85University of Connecticut145/552$61,800
86Brigham and Women's Hospital134/531$140,000
87Duke University and Health System133/530$72,000
88Regents of University California of Riverside132/520$60,000
89UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA135/552$69,000
90Emory University124/540$57,668
91Louisiana State University and A&M College125/551$62,879
92IonQ Quantum, Inc.125/554$150,000
93Auburn University115/551$60,000
94Regents of the University of California at Riverside113/523$76,700
95The University of Arizona115/551$69,326
96Theiss Research113/511$79,300
97University of Chicago Medical Center115/551$165,000
98University of Maryland Baltimore114/540$68,604
99University of Utah115/551$63,000
100University of Washington113/522$80,000

Results use LCA applications appearing in the available Department of Labor disclosure history, grouped by received fiscal year. FY2026 is partial through Q3. An LCA is not a USCIS visa approval, and historical activity does not guarantee current hiring or future sponsorship.